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The Island
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CIA operative Dewey Andreas is America's last line of defense when terrorists take over Manhattan, targeting the U.N. and the President himself in The Island, the latest in this New York Times bestselling series by Ben Coes.

America is about to face the deadliest terrorist attack on it's soil since 9/11. Iran has been planning a revenge attack for years, with three goals in mind. Bring America to its knees. Assassinate the popular U.S. President J. P. Dellenbaugh. And neutralize their most successful agent, Dewey Andreas.

The first pre-emptive attack against Dewey Andreas fails but it worries the head of the CIA enough that he sends Dewey out of town and off the grid. But as intelligence analysts work as fast as they can to unravel the chatter on terrorist networks, Muhammed el-Shakib, head of Iran's military and intelligence agency, launches a bold strike. When the President arrives in New York to address the U.N., embedded terrorist assets blow up the bridges and tunnels that connect Manhattan to the mainland. Taking control of the island with it's hidden forces, they race to the U.N. in search of Dellenbaugh and to launch an even deadlier attack that will wreak unimaginable destruction on the country itself.

While a shocked country struggles to mount a counter-attack, a hopeless, outmanned and outgunned Dewey Andreas sneaks onto the island of Manhattan to fight a seemingly impossible battle.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-250-14082-1
Product TypeBook
BindingHardcover
FormatSewn
Publishing date17/08/2021
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 160 mm, Height 239 mm, Thickness 35 mm
Weight626 g
Article no.18647437
CatalogsLibri
Data source no.A40403593
Product groupBU120
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Marla Lindberg folgt die Einladung zu einem Klassentreffen in den Alpen. Kurz nach ihrer Ankunft wird ihr klar, das was nicht stimmen kann im Berghotel. Marla hofft mit ihren ehemaligen Mitschülern in schöne Erinnerung zu schwelgen. Doch als sie im Berghotel an kommt sind alle Zimmer schon bezogen und das Geschirr steht auf dem Tisch, doch niemand ist da.

Sebastian Fitzek hat es wieder geschafft, mich an dieses Buch zu fesseln. Sein Schreibstil ist so flüssig geschrieben, das man nur durch fliegt. Er ist immer für Überraschung und unerwartete Wendung gut. Man konnte beim lesen richtig spüren das etwas nicht in Ordnung ist und Gefahr droht, es war aber nicht greifbar. Das ist das was ich an seinen Büchern so faszinierend finde, das es so eine Sogwirkung auf mich hat.

Ein sehr gelungener Thriller, auch wenn ich an manchen Stellen ein wenig verwirrt war, doch das Ende hat mich wieder überrascht.
Olga Tokarczuk has won a Nobel Prize since this book came out. A review from a Berlin bookseller is therefore somewhat pointless as literary puffs go but I recently recommended this book to a colleauge and it got me thinking again but just how flipping good it is.
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There are certain novels that I come across rarely but think of as the holy grail of fiction: intelligently written but nonetheless absolutely gripping and readable. I manage to find one on average once a year so hats off to Liz Moore for earning that particular unofficial award this year! The story of the disappearance of two siblings fifteen years apart had me hooked from the very first chapter: multiple narrative strands, several narrators and an evocative setting all come together to make this a highly satisfying read. I can honestly recommend this without any reservations to just about anyone. Obama got it right once again.
Ansprechendes Setting, eine bedrohliche Atmosphäre und vier Frauen, die alle nicht ganz ehrlich miteinander sind... Guter Thriller für zwischendurch, der immer wieder den Puls hochjagt.
Eine großartige, spannende Sommerlektüre, der man nicht anmerkt, dass das Buch vor vielen Jahren geschrieben wurde. Absolute Leseempfehlung für alle, die warmherzige und spannende Geschichten mögen.
Die vielen unterschiedlichen Bewohner des Hotels werden sowohl liebevoll als auch scharfzüngig dargestellt, jeder hat sein Päckchen zu tragen oder bereichert sich an seinem Nächsten.
Wer hilft wem, wer hasst wen, wer schläft mit wem oder würde gerne? Und wer überlebt das Unglück?
Reading this book feels like going down a rabbit hole of internet research and ending up in deep, dark corners. "Penance" is an ingeniously multi-layered fictional true crime novel following the murder of a 17-year-old girl comitted by three fellow female students. In an account both fascinating and disturbing, a fictional journalist chronicles the events leading up to the murder in several parts, each focusing on one of the perpetrators. Interviews, local history, Tumblr posts and prose chapters create a rich portrait of the setting, people and relationships involved. It is a very difficult but engaging read. And here lies the crux of this novel which, at it's core, is a critique of true crime. Eliza Clark masterfully illuminates its harmful, exploitative sides and asks the question: how much of it is actually true?
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Können Krimis tröstlich sein? Der hier jedenfalls, der letzte, lang erwartete sechste Fall um die eigenwillige Staatsanwältin Rebecca Martinsson (dessen Vorgänger man zum Verständnis nicht kennen muss, nach der Lektüre aber ganz sicher kennen lernen will) ist es ganz unbedingt. Auch hier gibt es Gewalt, Prostitution, Drogen und Korruption in heftigstem Ausmaß, beginnt er doch mit einem gut geplanten Selbstmordversuch und einem Leichenfund in einer uralten Tiefkühltruhe. Aber dominiert wird dieser Roman, der aus verschiedenen Perspektiven erzählt wird und auf verschiedene Zeitebenen spielt, von unglaublich differenziert menschlichen Figuren und einer archaisch schönen Landschaft im schwedischen Norden.
Eine absolute Empfehlung.
Die Natur wehrt sich gegen den Menschen und wir LeserInnen sind mitten drin. Für die erste Hälfte dieses Buches, habe ich gefühlt eine Ewigkeit gebraucht. Aber danach konnte ich es nicht mehr aus der Hand legen und habe eine Nacht ohne Schlaf, dafür mit spannenden Handlungen und gut durchdachten Charakteren verbracht. "Der Schwarm" ist ein Buch, das mich aufgrund seiner genauen Recherche fasziniert und gleichzeitig schockiert hat. Die Charaktere waren mir so schnell ans Herz gewachsen, dass die finalen Kapitel des Buches mich innerlich verzweifeln lassen haben. Und erst das Ende... ich glaube mich hat lange kein Buch so sehr nachdenken und spekulieren lassen, wie es Frank Schätzings Buch getan hat.
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Wait until you get to Ida's (and later Mildred's) portions of the story - they will blow your mind.

A very well-deserved 2023 Pulitzer Prize Winner.
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Robert Louis Stevenson schrieb "Die Schatzinsel" für seinen Sohn, dem er oft Piratengeschichten erzählte und sie dann mit ihm nachspielte. Trotzdem ist die Schatzinsel kein Kinderbuch sondern besticht mit düster atmosphärischen Szenen, die geradezu aus einem Film stammen könnten. Einer meiner absoluten Lieblingsromane. Meisterhaft geschrieben und ein Lesespaß für alle Altersgruppen!
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Die Bücher, die Benjamin Lacombe illustriert sind Meisterwerke. Anders kann man es nicht sagen. Er versteht es, Geschichten in so zauberhafte und gleichzeitig düstere Gewänder zu kleiden, dass man aus dem Staunen nicht mehr herauskommt. Auch "Alice im Wunderland", das schon so oft und so unterschiedlich in Szene gesetzt wurde, erscheint unter seiner Feder noch einmal neu und unglaublich originell. Ein Muss für alle Fans besonderer Illustrationen ab 9.
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Das Buch hat mich von der ersten bis zur letzten Seite gefesselt. So viel Spannung und Grausamkeiten, die einen nicht mehr loslassen. Ein Schreibstil der unvergleichlich ist und mich von dem Autor mehr als überzeugt hat. Garantiert nicht das letzte Buch das ich von ihm gelesen habe. Die Figuren waren alle so authentisch in ihrem Handeln, keineswegs überzogen oder aus der Luft gegriffen. Ich bin von der Kommissarin und ihrer Herangehensweise an den Fall, vorallem dem Einfühlungsvermögen Ines gegenüber, begeistert. Eine wahnsinnig starke Frau.
Das Cover passt mit seiner dunklen Farbe absolut zu dem eher düsteren Roman. Auch der Titel erklärt sich im Laufe des Lesens.

Mein Fazit :Eine absolute Leseempfehlung.
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If you've never read King before, this might be the worst place to start (or the very best, who knows?). I realize that sounds like an introduction to a disappointed 1-star-review, but it's actually quite the opposite. Because what's so great about "Billy Summers" is that it defies every single expectation that you might have of a stereotypical action plot, of a crime story, of a "Stephen King novel". The danger as well as the appeal of coincidence in the life of an assassin serves as a big theme throughout. There are multiple occasions in which King toys with the directions Billy's story might take if it were to follow typical fictional structures, but then, just like that, he drops them. And the best thing about all that is: it still works. You're on the edge of your seat the entire time, waiting for it to finally go downhill. And it all comes together in the end - even if the place you'll find yourself in won't be the one where you expected the path to take you.
Dieses Buch ist voller Energie, Emotionen und dem Unerwarteten, was von einem Cliffhanger am Ende nochmal getoppt wird.
Alles an diesem Buch fühlte sich so realistisch und die Atmosphäre so greifbar an, dass ich beim Lesen innerlich einen Film gesehen und zwischendurch die Stimme der Autorin gehört habe.
Von der starken weiblichen Protagonistin, über tiefgreifende Gefühle, bis hin zu der actionreichen Handlung, ist alles in diesem Buch fulminant geschrieben und erzählt, sodass ich bereits nach wenigen Seiten Feuer gefangen habe.
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The Hunting Party is an old-fashioned crime novel with a modern twist: a group of university friends get together in an isolated Scottish cottage for their annual New Year?s Eve party. All seems to be going well, until they?re snowed in and one of the guest goes missing...
Foley switches between narrators, gradually peeling back the curtain on the supposedly tight group of friends and opening up dark secrets. The diverse cast and their individual demons make all for excellent suspects and turn this wintry crime novel into a chilling treat.
A short and comparatively easy-to-read British classic from 1886 about the duality of human nature. Stevenson's linguistic eloquence is a pleasure to consume!
This is my favorite modern crime series. It combines complex characters who you want to be friends with and gripping plots in each and every volume - none have disappointed me in the slightest. Each time a new one comes out I'm glued to the couch and spend all my free time reading.
The Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling (Galbraith is a pseudonym) really knows her stuff!

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BEN COES is the author of the critically acclaimed Power Down and Coup d'Etat. He is a former speechwriter for the George H .W. Bush White House, worked for Boone Pickens, was a fellow at the JFK School of Government at Harvard, a campaign manager for Mitt Romney's run for governor in 2002, and is currently a partner in a private equity company out of Boston. He lives in Wellesley, Mass.

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